Bishopston Not A Book Group  : November

'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K. Dick ,1968 , 197pp (fiction) on 7 November 2024 at 19:30 at Simon's

I propose we take a look at science fiction using Philip K Dick's 1968 book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'...(freely available in paperback or on Kindle, 197 pages). The book is about a post-apocalyptic world where it's hard to tell the difference between androids and human beings and where those humans that remain on earth see owning a live animal as the height of success. The story line centres on Rick Deckard a bounty hunter who searches for renegade 'replicants' he is sent to retire. The book is considered a sci-fi classic in it's own right, serious fiction in a https://genius.com/Philip-k-dick-the-android-and-the-human-annotated The Android and the Human - talk by Philip K Dick 1972 popular form and Dick is considered one of the genuine visionaries of ideas and storytelling in 20th century American literature. Some 13 years later the book and the story line, with some adaptations, was the basis for Ridley Scott's 1982 Blade Runner movie. This was followed by a second movie, Blade Runner 2049, in 2017. I propose we read the book and then watch the first Blade Runner movie, another classic in its own right, on the big screen at mine (film is circa 115 minutes long) followed by discussion…sci-fi, androids, AI, the nature of society in a post-apocalypse world, etc.e

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